Posted Oct-25-2012 By

boomersooner

People always pick on those two, but truly, the Matador was the most horrendous car to ever roll out of AMC (or US production period). There were a lot of people who loved the Javelin and I can sorta see why, but to me every attractive curve in the body was terminated with some fugly, jutting, misplaced piece of sheetmetal that didn't belong. I swear they tried their best to not compete. They truly did incorporate the best components from the different manufacturers, but the sum More..of the parts were just plain embarrassing to drive. If I remember correctly, the bodies were designed by Fisher of GM.Less..

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

rapscallion

companies should have never been bailed out! they should go through the restructuring process, fix their mistakes...like over paid union employees make concessions etc. the government has no right to bail companies out with our money. never read that part in the constitution either. good post! voted

star53

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

JihadKiller1s1k

@JihadKiller1s1k ...GM has built crappy cars for decades and hillbillies just kept buying their shit because it was 'Mericun! A black dude helps them get out of debt and suddenly, America's premier car maker is a communist traitor. Hillbillies are capital D Dumb!

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

pastrychef

@pastrychef Didn't know that. Not much into Fords though, they have found a way to make inexpensive car very costly and labor intensive to repair. I wonder what kind of shape GM would be in if they told the gov to f themselves. food for thought.

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

keylogger

While the notion of "saving jobs" sounds laudable, the fact is that this expensive government bailout/takeover is just delaying the inevitable bankruptcy of this bloated, under performing company. The fact that the government stole the GM bondholders money and gave it to the union as a payoff should send shivers down the spine of anyone who invests their hard earned money in stocks and bonds and believe in free enterprise and the commerce/finance laws of the USA.

Truth be told, Obama'More..s bailout was a terrible plan and the American public is out tens of billions of their tax dollars.Less..

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

echo4250

@echo4250
record sales were from govt fleet sales (more of our money). the same thing they did when they bailed out chrysler before. the old bail them out then buy a crapload at inflated prices ploy. our tax dollars never made it back. govt loans billions to gm, buy billions in fleet vehicles, then gm pays back and claims record profits.your tax dollars hard at work and lost forever.
gm is struggling but hiding it well. middle of 13 they will suddenly announce a drastic decrease in sales .

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

Martyr_Machine

WASHINGTON — The emergency bailout of General Motors and Chrysler announced by the President on Friday gives the companies a few months to get their businesses in order, but hands off to the next President the difficult political task of ruling on their future.

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

Valerie2007

I love how people get all upset about the tens of billions we spent to save hundreds of thousands of jobs, half of which we've gotten back, but nobody bitches about the HUNDREDS of billions Bush spent to bail out the banks, which is money down the drain.

ninjafroggie

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

jaydenfre

Whoever made this video and anyone that supports it needs their asses kicked. GM is still the best car maker IN THE WORLD. I hate Obama as much as everyone else, but if you think they should have let GM go out of business then YOU are a FUCKING RETARD.

Posted Oct-25-2012 By

star53

@star53 we should have let them go bankrupt. 1.5 million jobs in the toilet. More of our tax money going toward unemployment checks, welfare, and food stamps. For assholes who like to sit in front of their TVs eating chocolate bars.